dejected
10
4.5
- adjective
- /dɪˈdʒɛktɪd/
- I left the school that day feeling more dejected than ever.
- feeling dejected
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Watch on YouTubeAnd then they're just dejected and spent.
- And then they're just dejected and spent.
- We drive back to Atlanta completely dejected.
- If I thought not enough, I'd feel sad, dejected, demoralized, maybe angry, maybe resentful, maybe bitter.
- You may equate feeling sad or depressed or dejected or like a failure that's going to make you think you're hungry.
- So anyway in the in the morning I said go get the phone he's going to go get the phone and he came back looking all dejected.
- And he said you seem dejected, would you like to do it again?
- He's hurt, he's dejected, he's damaged, he's destroyed, he's devastated.
- He's just in his room with like, just like staring dejected.
- You're, you're not going to have these, these dejected depressive thoughts or panicking that don't allow people to deal with the, the things that happen to them.
Examples
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Unable to continue alone, Tripitaka sat dejected until a strange woman approached him.
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Here comes Rick Penny, a very dejected fellow.
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Dejected, he takes a trip to Chicago to ask his older brother for help.
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Two weeks in and you already sound depressed, dejected and paranoid.
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A minute ago, the boy had looked like the quiet, mild, dejected creature that harsh treatment had made him.
Academic text (2017) -
Uncle Ghulam came back downstairs, dejected and disappointed.
Fiction book (1998) -
Disappointed, dejected, I could not conceive of how I could do without Melda.
Fiction book (1998) -
Cobb heads to the plate, passing his dejected teammate who has just struck out.
Fiction book (1994) -
Afterward, a very limp and dejected Toad reappeared.
Fiction book (1996) -
After losing the match, Sarah felt dejected and needed some time alone.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling unhappy or upset because of something
445
3.5
Feeling very sad and without hope
412
1.0
Feeling sad or not pleased about something
224
6.7
Feeling sad or unhappy
73
7.5
Feeling sad or disappointed about something
32
5.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness
22
4.1
Looking or feeling sad and quiet
16
7.7
Feeling very sad and without hope about the future
15
5.2
Feeling sad and lacking confidence to keep trying
12
3.7
Feeling very sad because of a loss or disappointment
12
6.7
Feeling very unhappy and alone after a loss
12
4.2
Feeling less hopeful and confident after a disappointment
8
4.6
Feeling less confident and hopeful after a disappointment
7
8.2
Extremely disappointed and upset after something goes wrong
7
5.4
Feeling sad and without hope
5
7.5
Sad and disappointed because what you hoped for did not happen
3
4.7
Feeling sad and without much hope
3
8.2
Very sad and not able to be comforted
2
4.1
Feeling sad and without much hope
1
3.9
Feeling sad and without energy
Very sad and upset, often after something bad happens
Antonyms
How Sad
10
7.2
16
7.7
445
3.5
10
4.5
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1.0
- Informal
224
6.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dejected is made of two parts: de- meaning 'down' and ject meaning 'to throw', just like in eject or reject. So to be dejected is like being 'thrown down', which is why it means sad and without energy.